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US figure skater Maxim Naumov dedicates his Olympic free skate to parents who died in plane crash
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (516+ words) Now the American figure skater has done it. The 24-year-old Naumov finished his Winter Games debut with an emotional free skate Friday night, just over a year after Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were among 67 people killed when American Airlines…...
Jordan Stolz wins his 2nd Olympic speedskating gold medal by adding a 500-meter title to the 1,000
1+ mon, 22+ hour ago (365+ words) Stolz, a 21-year-old from Wisconsin, is only the second man to complete the 500-1,000 double at one Olympics. He joins Eric Heiden, the American who did it as part of his record sweep of all five individual men's speedskating events at…...
Ilia Malinin clinches back-to-back Olympic gold medals for US in team figure skating
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (657+ words) The 21-year-old nicknamed the "Quad God" landed five quadruple jumps and scored 200.03 points for his free skate, atoning for his mediocre short program " at least by his lofty standards " one night earlier. Sato followed him with three quads in his…...